The Good, Bad and The Miracle

By Rabbi Eli Hecht, Regional Director of Chabad of South Bay in Lomita, CA

Here we are in the midst of the Hebrew month of Adar I, the time of joy for the Jewish nation. We are commanded by G-d Almighty to infuse ourselves with joy and happiness.

It may be something hard to do, however, I am sure we can all find something to be happy about and be thankful to G-d. Let me state the following events.

First the bad news:

The United Nations and the European Union have come out with statements against the state of Israel describing it as cruel and unjust, and even worse, guilty of human rights violations.

The worldwide movement promoting Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel, called BDS, is busy hurting the state of Israel.

Now for the good news:

This week, the BDS movement was condemned from working in Canada.

Canada’s Parliament passed a motion stating that it is simply forbidden to follow or implement any BDS programs in the country. There was a vote and Israel was vindicated.

VIDEO:
Canadian Parliment Member Anthony Housefather speaks out againt BDS in the House of Commons

Miracles do happen and I would like to share a bit more:

US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, visited Israel and criticized the United Nations for being prejudicial against the state of Israel.

In today’s climate of anti-Antisemitism, it takes a certain courage to speak up for the Holy Land, the only democracy in the Middle East.

Our Ambassador to the U.N. also openly rebuked the European countries for not condemning anti-Semitism. The Ambassador says that the U.N. is biased against Israel… This is extraordinary courageous.

It seems that we have a friend that recognizes Israel’s humanitarian rights and respects everyone’s freedom, a friend that has finally voiced criticism against the misleader nations of the world. She did this of her own free will, without consulting the White House for policy statements.

Yes in Adar – A miracle in our times.